Already in the newly opened European field, where the first stage of its
transatlantic missionary enterprise is now unfolding, the success which
the vanguard of its army of pioneers has already achieved in several
leading capitals of that continent is truly heart-warming and evokes
intense admiration. The broad outlines of the primary institutions
heralding the erection of the administrative framework of the Faith of
Baha'u'llah in no less than ten sovereign states of Europe can already be
discerned--a powerful and signal reinforcement of the organized and
progressive efforts exerted by the British and German communities on the
northwestern limits of that continent and in its very heart. In the Latin
American field, where the structural basis of a rising Administrative
Order has already been established, through the formation of firmly
grounded assemblies in each of the republics of Central and South America,
the stage is being set for the erection of those institutions which are to
be regarded as the harbingers of the secondary Houses of Justice which, in
each of these republics, must act as pillars, and assist in sustaining the
weight, of the final unit designed to consummate the institutions of that
order. On the northern portion of that same hemisphere the stage is
already set for the impending emergence of an institution which, however
circumscribed its basis, must ultimately, directly participate in the
measures preliminary to the constitution of the Universal House of
Justice.
A community now in the process of marshalling and directing, in such vast
territories, in such outlying regions, amidst such a diversity of peoples,
at so precarious a stage in the fortunes of mankind, forces of such
incalculable potency, to serve purposes so meritorious and lofty, cannot
afford to falter for a moment or retrace its steps on the path it now
travels. Its commitments, so vast, so challenging, so rich in their
potentialities, in the North American continent, must, whatever betide it,
be carried out, in their entirety and without the slightest reservation or
hesitation. The pledge to multiply the local administrative institutions,
throughout the length and breadth of this continent must be honored, and
the placing of the contract for the interior ornamentation of the holiest
House of Worship ever to be erected to the glory of Baha'u'llah expedited.
Above all a prodigious effort, nationwide, sustained and wholly
unprecedented in the annals of a richly endowed and spiritually blessed
community, aiming at the immediate increase of the financial resources
required for the effective prosecution of its manifold and pressing tasks,
is required.